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ELMORE W. ROSS, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO; MARY F. ROSS EXECUTRIX OF SAID ELMORE W. ROSS, DECEASED.

CARRIER ATTACHMEN'IL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,751, dated February 28, 1893. Application filed September 16, 1891. Serial No. 405,874. (No model.)

To 0. whom it map/concern.- the carrier and boot, showing a modification Be it known that I, ELMORE WV. ROSS, a in the construction of the latter, and Figs. 3, citizen of the United States, and a resident 3 and 3 are detail views of the form of boot of Springfield, county of Clark, and State of shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is a right hand side 5 Ohio,haveinventedanew and usefulImproveelevation of the discharge end of the cutter ment in Carrier Attachments, of which the folwith the carrier applied to deliver to the left lowing is a full, clear, and exact description, hand side. Figs. 4 and 4 are detail views reference being had to the accompanying showing the carrier bucket attachments. Fig. drawings, making part of this specification. 5 shows a vertical section through the carrier 10 My invention relates to an improvement in boot and Fig. 5 a perspective view of the carcarrier attachments to feed cutters for adaptrier bucket guard. Fig. 6 is a plan view, ing them to machines required to cut in narpartly in section, showing the carrier actuatrow or confined places. In the ordinary coning gearing. Fig. 7 an end view of the same, struction of these attachments, it has been with the carrier in section. Fig. 8 is a plan t5 usual to arrange the lower shaft of a side deview of the parts shown in Fig. 1, and Figs. livery carrier at or near the center of the S and 8* side and end elevations of the outer, width of the machine delivering thereto, as carrier-supporting bracket or stand. Figs. 9 described and shown in Letters Patent No. and 9 are detail views of the pendent com- 278,049, granted to me May 22, 1883, in which pound bracket on the cutter frame, in which 20 the carrier actuating shaft was placed as debracket the carrier actuating shaft has its scribed and so high that owing to the carrier bearings. Fig. 10 shows in vertical elevation, sides coming in contact with the projecting a carrier arranged to run in the reverse direcframe of the machine or with the knife cover tion from that shown in the other figures; z. 6., e or cylinder, it could not beraised to an angle with the flights pendent in the operative part 25 adapting it to very narrow spaces. of their movement, and Figs. 10 and 10 are The object of my present improvement is detail views showing the construction of the to overcome this difficulty, and, to this end, boot irons when the form of carrier shown in the invention consists in providing a carrier, Fig. 10, is employed. pivoted to permit its adjustment around the The cutting machine may be of any usual 0 lower carrier-actuating shaft with a boot contype, preferably, that employing the up cut nected with said pivoted end and located low knife cylinder, A, indicating the frame thereof down near the surface on which the machine and A the knife cylinder shaft upon the ends stands, so as to adapt such machine to readily of which are removably secured interchangedeliver thereto; in the construction of said able band and flywheels A A ,Withasprocket 3 5 boot; in the arrangement of said carrier actuwheel adjacent to each and clutched thereto ating shaft at the side of the cutting machine and one of which, through a drive chain A on which the carrier delivers the cut mateactuatesa sprocket wheel dfast on alow down rial, and in certain details of'construction and shaft D. The shaft D is j ournaled in brackets arrangement as hereinafter described and or hangers d secured to and pendentfrom 9o 4o claimed. the lower longitudinal bars-of'the cuttingm In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1 frame as shown in Figs. 4 and 7, thereby shows the cutting machine in rear or discharge bringing the shaft D as low down as practiend elevation with the carrier attachment apcable and leave space for the operative parts plied to deliver to the right hand side thereof, connected therewith. The shaft D has two 5 5 in side elevation. Figs. 1 1 and are detail bevel gears d (i fast on it; one near each views of the carrier tension adjusting devices. end, immediately adjacent to the inner faces Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rear end of of the lower, longitudinal, cutter-frame bars, the cutting machine and of the carrier, the as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, thereby locating latter arranged to deliver straight away. said gears one or the other of which accord-' 50 Figs. 2 and 2 are detail views of the carrier ing to the side to which the carrier is made. boot castings. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of to discharge its load, is made to actuate said carrier, as far apart as practicable within the frame of the cutting machine.

B is the lower carrier shaft, arranged at right angles to the shaft D and having a bevel gear d, fast on the end adjacent thereto and meshing with the gear d (or 01 for actuating said shaft.

The lower end bar of the cutter frame is indicated at 4:, and to this is secured a compound box f, composed, preferably, of two parts, as shown in Figs. 6, 9 and 9, bolted together at their upper ends to the intermediate end bar 4 and provided at their lower ends with an eye-bearing at f, through which the shaft B extends loosely, said eye-bearing being enlarged at the end f, to receive the short tubular stud 6 on one of the boot side castings C, in which the shaft B is journaled, while the stud in turnis journalcd in the eyebearingf The outer side casting of the carrier bootis similarly provided with a sleeve (6) which is journaled in an eye-bearing b in an upright bracket or stand I), the shaft vB passing also through said sleeve and being journaled near its outer end therein. The carrier boot is thus pivotally supported in the brackets 19 and f and the whole weight of the carrier rests on the pivots on which the angle of the carrier is adjusted, instead of upon the carrier shaft, as heretofore, thereby facilitating such adjustment and relieving wear and friction at that point. The shaft B, immediately adjoining the boot sides 0, has sprocket wheels B fast on it, through which motion is imparted to drive chains passing over pulleys fast on a shaft a, at the upper end of the carrier for actuating the carrier flights, in the usual manner.

The boot side plates 0 are provided, each, with a semi-annular flange or rib '7, underlying thelower portion of the sprocket wheel adjacent thereto and extended tangentially to the arc of a circle of the curved portion,over the hopper side of said wheels for preventing the cut material from getting into the openings in the bottom board of the carrier for the carrier sprocket wheels or into and clogging said wheels and the chain operated thereby. The preferred form or construction of these boot sides is shown in Figs. 2 and 5,the former showing an outer and the latter an inner side View of the plate. The concave bottom 9 is stiffened by ribs 11 and is provided with lips 12 which engage sockets in the outer edge of the plates 0 and serve to lock the two parts together, preventing relative movement or displacement. The upper portions of the boot sides above the shaft B are extended to form arms 15, to which the sides 0 and bottom C of the carrier frame are attached, the latter having recesses in its lower end adjacent to its sides similar to those at c (Fig. 4) in its upper end, for the carrier driving sprocket wheels to project through. The sides are further'provided at the inner edge of the concave bottom, with offsets in the form of sockets to receive a cross bar or board, which in connection with long bolts passing from side to side through the holes 14, serve to stiffen the connection of the side plates, the board 13, serving also to form an extension of the front of the hopper resting thereon and an extension of the boot bottom.

The receiving hopper for the bootis composed of the lower ends of the carrier bottom and side boards, fan-shaped ortriangular side boards or plates 1, 2, a front board 3, facing the bottom board and a machine end board 5 extending from the lower bar 4t to the upper end bar of the machine frame and cut out on its upper edge to match and fit snugly the discharge spout, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The fan-shaped boards 1 and 2 are fastened, one (2)'to the carrier side and the other (1) to the front hopper board and are arranged to fold or pass, one by the other, as the angle of the carrier is adjusted to different degress of elevation or foltransportation. The hopper board 3 with the fan-shaped board secured thereto is adjustable with the carrier, but resting lightly upon the boot sides 0, in sockets 0 formed therein, and on the board 13 and moving with the carrier frame, when the latter is adjusted, by reason of the frictional contact of the overlapping, fan-shaped, side boards 1 and 2, it can, when desired, be adjusted independently for expanding or contracting the mouth of the hopper, as re-' quired. The outward throw or movement of the end board 3 may be limited by any suitable stop onthe machine frame.

By locating the carrier actuating shaft low down and at the side of the machine upon which the carrier is arrranged to discharge the cut material, it will be apparent that the carrier can be set to much nearer a Vertical position than where the shaft is under the ordinary central arrangement, without interference from the extended machine frame, or the overhanging wheels or cutting cylinder, thereby, to that extent, reducing the space required for the carrier attachment. 7

The upper carriershaft a, is mounted in sleeves in rack bars a, sliding in suitable guide-ways on the side boards 0, and adjusted by toothed segments 0 on a shaft a for regulating the tension of the carrier drive chains, pawls engaging teeth on the rack bars a for holding them at the desired adjustment. This arrangement is substantially the same as in my former patent, referred to, except that the toothed segment a has a polygonal hub to receive a wrench for effecting the adjustment referred to.

The carrier bottom board 0 has a semicylindrical guard 10, (see Figs. 5 and 5) secured to its lower or receiving end, extending from side to side between the sprocket Wheels of the carrier and around in front of and under the shaft B, concentric therewith and with the flange 7. It has a groove or double flange at its upper edge, through which it is bolted to the bottom board and end flanges bearing on the shaft B for further supporting it, said guard serving to prevent the material from catching on the lower edge of the bottom board and so obstructing the operation of the carrier. It also serves to support the carrier buckets as they pass under the shaft B.

The manner of attaching the flights E to the carrier chains is shown in Figs. 4 and 4 The chain links e to which the buckets are to be attached have laterally projecting arms 6' forming saddles provided with upturned parallel lips or cars 6 6 between which the lower edges of the buckets E fit snugly, being secured in place by through bolts or rivets e. To the outer edge of the bucket,a grooved or flanged cap e is secured by a bolt e, which passes through the bucket E edgewise and through a perforation in the base e of the saddle. The bolts a secure the caps e and buckets E to the saddle and prevent the splitting of the flights at the bolts or rivets e. The ends of the buckets overhang the drive chain links but are cut away at e, adjacent thereto, to allow them to pass the sprocket wheel guards or curved flanges 7. The lips or flanges 6 in connection with the rivets e permit the use of thin, high buckets, the rivets securing the flanges firmly and preventing the splitting of the flights near the chain. By this construction the flights can be made, not only much lighter than those heretofore in use,but they can also be made wider or higher, thereby increasing their carrying capacity, which is important in carriers delivering at a steep or sharp elevation.

The end 16 of the boot at which the buckets E enter, is made flaring, by rounding outward the edge of the sheet metal of which the concave bottom 9 is formed, or in other suitable manner, to facilitate the entrance of the flights and prevent them from coming in contact with said edge. 7

In Fig. 3, a modification in the construction of the boot is shown, the details thereof being shown in Figs. 3, 3 and 3. In this the boot is formed in two parts, the bowl portion, shown at 3 being provided with foot brackets 17, through which it is secured to the floor or other suitable support, and at 18 with hearing sockets in which are journaled the sleeves 6 on the side plates 0, which are secured to the carrier side boards 0'. These side plates are provided with the guards or flanges 7 converging and protecting .the sprocket wheels, as in theconstruction first described. In this construction, the bowl portion of the boot remains fixed when the angle of the carrier is adjusted as is found desirable under some 10- cations of the carrier.

In Figs. 10, 10 and 10, another modification of the form of the boot side plates is shown, adapting the boot to the form of the carrier shown in Fig. 10, in which the carrier buckets move in a reverse direction to that shown in the other figures and operate in a pendent position. In this, however, the plate has the curved guard or flange 7 covering the sprocket wheel, with a supplemental flange 19 extending in an arc of a circle between the two portions of the drive chain for further protecting the sprocketwheel. In this construction the carrier flooring is provided at its upper end with a discharge spout and the carrier frame is provided at its upper end with a hood G, which prevents the throwing offof material which, in the rapid movements of the carrier buckets might fail to be discharged at the spout g, and which, if carried around by the bucket, will drop back through the open chain carrier and so be returned to said spout. With the carrier thus arranged, the bevel gears d (1 will be set facing in an opposite direction to that shown in Fig. 6 causing them to drive the carrier in a reverse direction, as required.

In Fig. 2, the carrier is shown applied to carry straight away from the machine and in this the supporting brackets may be bolted directly to the machine, as shown, or they may be formed on the boot as shown in Fig. 3 and bolted to the floor orother support. In this arrangement the driving sprocket wheel instead of being on the counter shaft D, will be placed on the lower carrier shaft and directly connected by a drive chain with the driving sprocket wheel on the cutter cylinder shaft (or other suitable support) as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. 7

It is necessary for the discharge spout of the cutting machine and all hopper boards to stand as nearly perpendicular as is practicable for the reason that all material cut green for ensilage, such as corn stalks and ears, sorghum, sugar cane, alfalfa, clover, &c., is so gummy and sticky as to adhere to the discharge spout of the cutter and to the carrier hoppers, if the surfaces are not almost perpendicular. The same is the case with cured cornstalks, leaves, hay and clover when wet with snow or rain, and for this difficulty as well as to secure steep elevation, the low down boot or pocket is desirable. Furthermore, there is a serious difficulty to be overcome by reason of this same wet and sticky cut material adhering to the chain and becoming packed between the teeth of the sprocket wheels, which eventually increases in quantity until the chain slips off the sprocket on one side, permitting the buckets to stand diagonallyinstead of square across the carrier, producing immediate breaking of the links of the chain.

The advantages of the construction described in overcoming thedifficulties referred to, will be apparent. The carrier attachment is rendered more compact than under previous constructions, thereby adapting it to the narrowest or most confined places in which the cutting machine itself can be accommodated; the boot or receptacle for the cut material, with its folding hopper can be readily adapted to any angle to which the carrier is adjusted,

and the material being deposited therein in front of'the receiving end of the carrier, the I latter can be made to deliver therefrom in a direction more nearly vertical than under the former constructions referred to, in the latter case relieving sagin the inoperative or return portion of the drive chains.

Having now described my invention, I claim- 1. A carrier attachment pivoted at its receiving end, in combination with a boot connected with said end and an expanding and contracting hopper for said boot, substantially as described.

2. A carrier attachment, having side plates provided with sleeve pivots journaled in the carrier supporting'brackets, in combination with said brackets and with a carrier actuating shaft passing through said brackets and journaled in said sleeves, substantially as described.

3. In a carrier attachment, the endless chains carrying the flights and the sprocket wheels for driving said chains, in combination with the curved guards covering and protecting said wheels, substantiallyas described.

4. The combination with the carrier and the endless chains and sprocket wheels thereof of the carrier boot provided with the curved or semi-annular flanges, covering and protecting the carrier actuating sprocket wheels, substantially as described.

5. A carrier frame or trough havingits bottom provided with recesses for the endless chain sprocket wheels on the carrier shaft in combination with a boot or pocket having a curved or semi-annular flange covering and protecting said sprocket wheels and the openings in the carrier bottom, substantially as de scribed.

6. The combination with the endless carrying chain and the shaft and sprocket therefor, of a carrier frame or trough having recesses in the bottom thereof for said sprocket wheels projecting flanges or shields partially surrounding. the sprocket wheels and chain thereon and the openings in the carrier bot--' tom, said flanges being in shape a part circle with one end extended ata tangent from said circle, substantially as described.

7. The combination with the carrier frame or trough adjustable to the desired elevation, of the endless carrying belt therein and the shaft and wheels for said belt, side plates having bearings for said shaft and protecting guards or shields for said wheels and belt, and made adjustable with the carrier frame, substantially as described.

8. The carrier boot sides provided with sleeve bearings for the carrier actuating shaft and with the curved flanges for covering and protecting the carrying chain and sprocket wheels on said shaft, substantially as de scribed.

9. A carrier attachment frame made in the form of a trough and pivoted at its receiving end in combination with the boot and an expansible hopper for said boot connected to its receiving end, wherein the material is deposited beyond and below the level of the carrier bottom and the endless carrying belt passing through said boot and trough, substantially as described.

10. A carrier frame having parallel sides and the bottom forming a trough, pivoted and adjustable about its front or lower carrier shaft as a center, and the endless carrying belt thereon, in combination with th r receptacle located at the receiving end, and an expansible hopper for said boot adjustable with said frame, substantially as described.

11. An endless carrier frame adjustable on its pivoted end to the desired angle of elevation and provided with a receptacle or boot partially surrounding the receiving end, said boot being adapted to receive the material independently of the carrier bottom, in combination with an expansible hopper for discharging the material into said boot, substantially as described.

12. Acarrier frame or trough in combination with an endless carrying chain and buckets, the boot or receptacle partially surrounding the receiving end of the carrier, the boot sides being provided with circular flanges covering and protecting the carrier chain and the sprocket wheels for said chain, the transverse connecting piece 13 and flooring connecting said boot sides and forming therewith the receptacle or boot and permitting the passage through it of the carrying chain and buckets for moving the material therein, substantially as described.

13. An endless carrier frame or trough in combination with a receptacle or boot provided with side plates having curved projecting flanges to protect the gearing and drive chains and the transverse piece 13 and flooring connecting said side plates, substantially as described.

14.. An endless carrier frame or trough provided with a pocket or receptacle at the receiving end formed by the curved extension of the bottom board of said trough, the inclosing side plates and the flooring connecting said plates arranged to permit the passage of the endless carrying belt through said receptacle, between said flooring and curved extension, substantially as described.

15. A carrier attachment adapted to be pivoted about the lower carrier shaft of a machine delivering thereto, as a center and located transversely of the machine frame in combination with a counter-shaft for driving said carrier attachment, journaled transversely of the machine frame, the actuating front carrier shaft geared directly to said counter shaft atone side of the center, in width, of the frame of the machine frame and upon the same side of the center as the delivery end of the carrier attachment, substantially as described.

16. The pivoted carrier the actuating shaft of which is located at one side of the center of discharge of the machine delivering thereto and on the same side thereof as the discharge end of the carrier, in combination with the boot connected with the pivoted end of said carrier, and the expansible hopper delivering thereto, substantially as described.

17. A carrier boot having side plates provided with sleeve pivots, curved flanges for protecting the carrier sprocket wheels and a concave bottom, in combination with a stiffening board 13, forming an extension of said bottom and bolts connecting the side plates, substantially as described.

18. The combination with the carrier and the boot connected with the receiving end thereof, of the curved or semicylindrical guard 10, connected with the bottom board, substantially as and for the purpose described.

19. A carrier boot having a concave bottom, the side plates thereof provided with the sprocket wheel guards 7, in combination with the semi-cylindrical guard 10, connected to the carrier bottom board and the receiving hopper, substantially as described.

20. A carrier boot'connected to and in combination with the receiving end of a pivoted carrier and the hopper connected therewith provided with the sliding or collapsible side, the adjustable transverse end board (3) and the fixed side plate or piece under the discharge spout of the machine delivering thereto, substantially as described.

21. A carrier attachment adapted to deliver at either side or straight away from the machine delivering thereto, and pivoted concentric with its actuating shaft in combination with a boot connected with said pivoted end and an adjustable or collapsible hopper connected with said boot, substantially as de scribed.

22. The carrier chain links provided with stirrups or lateral extensions having two uprightparallel flanges integral therewith, in combination with the flight inserted edgewise between said flanges and the through bolt or rivet uniting said flanges and flight, substantially as described.

23. The carrier chain links provided with stirrups or lateral extensions having upright parallel flanges in combination with the wide flight inserted edgewise between the said flanges, thebolt or rivet con nectin g said flanges through the bucket and the belt or rivet extending through said flight, edgewise thereof, and through the stirrup, substantially as described.

24. The combination with the carrier bucket of the flanged supporting stirrup on the chain link, the flanged washer on the outer edge of said flight, and the bolt or rivet passing through the flight edgewise thereof and connecting said stirrup, bucket and washer, substantially as described.

25. The carrierbuckets in combination with the carrier chain links provided with stirrups or lateral extensions having upright parallel flanges and a through bolt for clamping the inner edges of said flights; of flanged washers clamping said flights at their outer edge and a bolt or rivet extending through said stir rup, bucket and washer, substantially as described.

26. The combination with the carrierflights of the carrier belt or chain, having flanged seats for receiving said flights flanged washers overlapping the edges of the flights to pre vent the splitting thereof and the rivets or bolts uniting said flanged washers, bucketand carrier belt, substantially as described.

27. The combination with the carrierchains, of the flights E cut away at their ends, adjacent to said chains,-the flanged stirrups for receiving said ends and the flanged caps and through bolts for uniting the flight to said stirrups, substantially as described.

28. A carrier attachment provided with a boot or receptacle adjacent to the front or re ceiving end, in combination with an adjustable hopper adapted to discharge the material into said boot, the lower end of the transverse hopper board resting loosely against said boot and being held in working relation thereby when said hopper is adjusted, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my'hand this 14th day of August, A. D. 1891.

ELMORE W. ROSS. 

